1a. What problem does the chancellor want to discuss with the king at the beginning of the play? What does the king say about his daughter's looks and personality?
2a. What did Great-Aunt Malkin say at Camilla's christening? What does Camilla learn from Great-Aunt Malkin on her tenth birthday?
3a. What does the king decide to do to make sure his daughter marries Prince Simon? What does Prince Simon decide to do to make sure he marries Princess Camilla? What do Princess Camilla and Prince Simon discuss when they accidentally meet?
1b. Why is the chancellor uncomfortable discussing this subject with the king? Why does the king believe it is more important for a princess to be beautiful than have a wonderful personality?
2b. Explain what the king and queen think Great-Aunt Malkin's words mean. What do they really mean?
3b. Explain whether Prince Simon and Princess Camilla are a good match. In what ways are they similar? What do they admire about each other?
4a. What attitudes are presented in this play about outer beauty? about inner beauty? Focus your response on the attitudes of the chancellor, the king and queen, Great-Aunt Malkin, the princess herself, and Prince Simon.
4b. What do you think is this play's theme about beauty and judging others using one standard, or idea, of beauty?
5a. The king says that the great fact about marriage is "that once you're married you live happy ever after." Explain whether the king bases this statement on his own experience. How happy do the king and queen seem together? How can you tell?
5b. Based on what you have learned about Princess Camilla, Prince Simon, and how the two of them get along, explain how you think their marriage will compare with that of Camilla's parents.
Characterization. Explain the way each of the following characters has been characterized: the king, the queen, Dulcibella, Princess Camilla, Carlos, and Prince Simon. Try to sum up each of their characters in a brief description.
Plot and Conflict. What are some of the conflicts that take place in this play? Which ones are internal and which ones are external? Which conflict would you say is the central one? How is it resolved?
1. We learn in the play The Ugly Duckling that Princess Camilla has "great beauty of character." Write a new title for this play, based on this idea.
2. Write a list of the ways the world would be changed if everyone looked exactly the same.
3. Write a brief personal essay about the way you think your society's standards of beauty have affected you and your classmates.
Matching. Indicate the letter that best defines the following words.
1. elusive = click to select answer a. invisible b. transparent c. not easily seen
2. omen = click to select answer a. sign from a witch b. sign of a future event c. sign of a past event
3. ardently = click to select answer a. angrily b. hesitantly c. passionately
4. posterity = click to select answer a. future generations b. past generations c. people of today
5. vain = click to select answer a. concerned with others' looks b. concerned with one's own looks c. concerned with one's health
6. inevitable = click to select answer a. uncertain b. unavoidable c. crazy
7. ruse = click to select answer a. surprise b. party c. trick
8. cryptic = click to select answer a. having hidden meaning b. ugly c. an alphabet
9. affirm = click to select answer a. prove b. firm up c. tell the truth
10. surreptitiously = click to select answer a. repeatedly b. secretly c. suprisingly
11. grudging = click to select answer a. hurting b. shoveling c. not giving willingly
12. homage = click to select answer a. done to show respect b. done to please others c. done to feel at home
13. strenuous = click to select answer a. tedious b. requiring hard work c. weight training
14. waft = click to select answer a. cause to move as if by the action of waves b. being weary c. being uncertain of upcoming events
15. propound = click to select answer a. produce b. propose c. put away
Capitalization of Titles of Persons. Titles like king, queen, and princess, as well as professional titles like doctor, vice-president, or governor are either capitalized or lowercased depending on their use. If the title is being used generally, such as "Richard III was a terrible king," the title is lowercased. When the title is used as part of a specific person's name, it is capitalized: "Some people say King Richard III was terrible." Remember that it doesn't matter how close to a person's name in a sentence the title appears. Unless the title is a part of the person's name, it should be lowercased. "We gave our insurance card to Doctor Jane Doe," but "Jane Doe, a doctor, took our insurance card." Words that indicate family relations, such as Grandpa or Mom, follow the same rule. They are only capitalized when they are used as the name or part of the name of a particular person. For more information on capitalization and titles of persons, refer to the Language Arts Survey 3.87, "Family Relationships and Titles of Persons." Then read the sentences below, and indicate the correct word from the pair of words in parentheses.
1. While nobody could see her outer beauty, click to select answer princess Princess Camilla was confident of her own inner beauty.
2. Princess Camilla told her click to select answer Dad dad that she was happy to marry Simon.
3. Nobody could see Camilla's outer beauty because of a spell cast by click to select answer Great-Aunt great-aunt Malkin.
4. Because of click to select answer prince Prince Simon's trick, Camilla's parents think that Carlos is the (prince, Prince).
5. Unlike the click to select answer Queen queen in the play, click to select answer Queen queen Elizabeth I was a real ruler who held the throne without a king at her side.
6. She went to the click to select answer Doctor doctor with click to select answer Mother. mother.
7. The click to select answer General, general, met with click to select answer President president Bush.
8. My click to select answer Mom mom said that click to select answer Uncle uncle Karl was coming for dinner.
9. I watched click to select answer Mayor mayor Guilliani's press conference.
10. Our new click to select answer Senator senator will be elected in the fall.
